The Argonaut FORCE TEN GALE September 28, 2014
CAPTAIN’S LOG September 21-29, 2014 Encountering a Force Ten Gale At Sea in South Pacific off the coast of New Zealand: Leaving Tongatapu required negotiating the channel between the reefs and Eau Island to the east. The channel was boiling with an inrushing tidal current the severity of which we hadn’t seen since cruising Desolation …